The Best of Women’s Boxing 2025
Fighter of the Year:
2025- Cherneka Johnson
2024- Gabriela Fundora
2023- Yokasta Valle
2022- Alycia Baumgardner
2021- Seniesa Estrada
2020: Katie Taylor
2019: Katie Taylor
2018: Katie Taylor
2017- Cecilia Braekhus
2016- Marcela Eliana Acuna
2015- Jessica Chavez
2014- Cecilia Braekhus
2013- Delfine Persoon
Fight of the Year:
2025- Lourdes Juárez MD-12 Yesica Nery Plata
2024- Katie Taylor UD-10 Amanda Serrano
2023- Yesica Nery Plata UD-10 Kim Clavel
2022- Katie Taylor SD-10 Amanda Serrano
2021- Mikaela Mayer UD-10 Maiva Hamdouche
2020: Terri Harper D-10 Natasha Jonas
2019: Katie Taylor MD-10 Define Persoon
2018- Yesenia Gomez D-10 Esmeralda Moreno
2017- Esmeralda Moreno SD-10 Ibeth Zamora Silva
2016- Jessica Chavez MD-10 Esmeralda Moreno
2015: Ibeth Zamora Silva UD-10 Esmeralda Moreno
2014: Delfine Persoon UD-10 Erica Anabella Farias
2013: Melissa McMorrow SD-10 Nadia Raoui
Knockout of the Year:
2025- Elif Nur Turhan TKO-6 Beatriz Ferreira
2024- Gabriela Fundora TKO-7 Gabriela Alaniz
2023- Gabriela Fundora KO-5 Arely Mucino
2022- Savannah Marshall KO-3 Femke Hermans
2021- Amanda Serrano KO-9 Daniela Bermudez
2020: Etsuko Tada TKO-9 Ayaka Miyao
2019- Amanda Serrano KO-1 Eva Voraberger
2018- Viviane Obenauf KO-4 Natasha Jonas
2017- Helen Joseph KO-2 Shannon O’Connell
2016- Marcela Eliana Acuna KO-10 Yesica Patricia Marcos
2015-Mayerlin Rivas TKO-4 Sayda Mosquera
2014- Anne Sophie Mathis NC-5 Christina Hammer
2013-Diana Prazak KO-8 Frida Wallberg
Upset of the Year:
2025- Tiara Brown SD-10 Skye Nicolson
2024- Jessica Camara SD-10 Hyun Mi Choi
2023- Julissa Alejandra Guzman KO8 Ramla Ali
2022- Jessica Nery Plata SD-10 Yesica Yolanda Bopp
2021- Alycia Baumgardner TKO-4 Terri Harper
2020: Yulihan Alejandra Luna Avila UD-10 Mariana Juarez
2019: Diana Laura Fernandez UD-10 Esmeralda Moreno
2018- Jorgelina Guanini SD-10 Debora Anahi Dionicius
2017- Guadalupe Martinez Guzman UD-10 Zulina Munoz
2016- Fatuma Zarika SD-10 Alicia Ashley
2015-Edith Soledad Matthysse UD-10 Jelena Mrdjenovich
2014- Ana Laura Esteche UD-10 Monica Silvina Acosta
2013- Riyo Toga TKO-1 Mariana Juarez
Comeback Fighter of the Year:
2025- Holly Holm
2024- Terri Harper
2023- Miyo Yoshida
2022- Jessica Nery Plata
2021- Jackie Nava
2020- Christina Hammer
2019- Brenda Karen Carbajal
2018- Tenkai Tsunami
2017- Arely Mucino
2016- Cecilia Braekhus
2015- Chris Namus
2014- Jackie Nava
2013- Susi Kentikian
Robbery of the Year:
2025- Sarah Bormann SD-10 Yuko Kuroki
2024- Natasha Jonas SD-10 Mikaela Mayer
2023- Jessica McCaskill D-10 Sandy Ryan
2022- Ashley Gonzalez Macias MD-10 Lourdes Juarez
2021- Arely Mucino SD-10 Jacky Calvo
2020- Tenkai Tsunami D-10 Naoko Fujioka
2019- Fatuma Zarika SD-10 Yamileth Mercado
2018- Jessica Nery Plata SD-10 Silvia Torres
2017- Svetlana Kulakova SD-10 Judy Waguthii
2016- Mariana Juarez MD-10 Irma Garcia
2015- Mariana Juarez SD-10 Vanesa Lorena Taborda
2014- Mariana Juarez UD-10 Melissa McMorrow
2013- Jennifer Retzke D-10 Florence Muthoni
Event of the Year:
2025- All women’s boxing card at Madison Square Garden with Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano III headlining the event.
2024- Millions watch the Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano rematch on Netflix.
2023- Amanda Serrano defeats Danila Ramos (UD-12) in the first undisputed world title fight involving female fights, employing 12-3 minute rounds in October 2023.
2022- Katie Taylor SD-10 Amanda Serrano at a sold-out Madison Square Garden.
2021- Amanda Serrano signs with Jake Paul’s promotion company, leading to a super-fight with Katie Taylor.
2020- Katie Taylor draws over two million viewers for her successful November title defense against Miriam Gutierrez.
2019- The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced they will induct their first-ever class of female boxers in June 2020.
2018- Cecilia Braekhus vs. Kali Reis world welterweight title match aired as the first women’s boxing match on HBO and drew over one million viewers.
2017- Jessica Chavez wins the Diamond flyweight tournament.
2016- Claressa Shields wins a second gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games
2015- Former multi-division women’s boxing champion Holly Holm defeats Ronda Rousey
2014- First-ever WBC Women’s Boxing Convention
2013- Holly Holm leaves boxing for mixed martial arts
Prospect of the Year:
2025- Tiah Mai Ayton
2024- Mikiah Kreps
2023- Lauren Price
2022- Karriss Artingstall
2021- Sandy Ryan
2020: Gabriela Celeste Alaniz
2019: Sophie Alisch
2018: Estelle Mossely
2017- Chantelle Cameron
2016- Katie Taylor
2015- Seniesa Estrada
2014- Farida El Hadrati
2013- Joselyn Arroyo Ruiz
Most Important Fight:
2025- Alycia Baumgardner UD-12 Leila Beaudoin, Twelve, three-minute rounds.
2024- Katie Taylor UD-10 Amanda Serrano on the undercard of Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson on Netflix.
2023- Savannah Marshall (MD-10) Franchon Crews Dezurn * Marshall elevates to super-middleweights and wins undisputed titles.
2022- Katie Taylor SD-10 Amanda Serrano as the main event at a sold-out Madison Square Garden, setting a historical marker for a new era of women’s boxing.
2021- Chantelle Cameron TKO-5 Melissa Hernandez, the new school of women’s boxing, cements its dominance over the previous era.
2020- Katie Taylor UD-10 Delfine Persoon. Persoon steps in when Taylor’s much-anticipated bout with Amanda Serrano fails to materialize. The bout was held at the makeshift Matchroom Fight Camp due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
2019- Katie Taylor MD-10 Delfine Persoon. Taylor controversially defends her lightweight title on the Ruiz vs. Joshua undercard, giving female boxing far-reaching exposure.
2018- Cecilia Braekhus UD-10 Kali Reis. Braekhus defends her world welterweight title as HBO telecasts its first women’s boxing match.
2017- Claressa Shields TKO-5 Nikki Adler * Shields is the first of the 2016 female Olympians to win a world title (WBC & IBF World super-middleweight titles.)
2016- Heather Hardy MD-10 Shelly Vincent * Played on PBC telecast in the USA
2015- Ginny Fuchs defeats Marlen Esparza at the USA Olympic Trials (amateur)
2014- Alex Love defeats Julie La Disa (amateur)
2013- Cecilia Braekhus TKO-3 Mia St. John
State of the Game:
Best Boxer: Claressa Shields
Best Slugger: Gabriela Fundora
Best Overall- Katie Taylor
Best Defense: Claressa Shields
Best Puncher: Elif Nur Turhan
Best fighter Nobody knows: Stephanie Pineiro Aquino
Future Star: Ashleyann Lozada
I want to see more of: Emma Dolan
Give this fighter a title shot: Mikiah Kreps
Most Aggressive: Gabriela Fundora
Most fun to watch: Katie Taylor
Most Avoided: Kenia Enriquez
Most Protected: Elina Tissen
Most Improved: Jasmine Artiga
On the rise: Aldana Florencia Lopez
On the decline: Anabel Ortiz
Underrated: Nazarena Romero
Overrated: Sarah Bormann
Pound-for-Pound Best in 2027: Gabriela Fundora
6 Fights for 2026:
Lauren Price vs. Mikaela Mayer
Gabriela Fundora vs. Mizuki Hiruta
Caroline Dubois vs. Alycia Buamgardner
Holly Holm vs. Katie Taylor
Skye Nicolson vs. Ellie Scotney
Claressa Shields vs. Shadasia Green
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